The man who said that, the president of Turkmenistan, died today.While I can’t admire Saparmurat Niyazov’s reputation as a dictator (well, not officially, at least), here are some things I can admire about him:

1.”in addition to renaming several schools, airports and even a meteorite after himself and his immediate family. He even named the months, and days of the week after himself and his family.

2.”statues of himself and his mother are scattered all over Turkmenistan, including one in the middle of the Karakum Desert as well as a gold-plated statue atop Aşgabat’s largest building, the Neutrality Arch, that rotates so it will always face into the sun and shine light onto the capital city.

3.He was given the hero of Turkmenistan award five times.

4.In April 2004, urging young people not to get gold tooth caps or gold teeth, suggesting instead that they chew on bones to preserve their teeth.

5.In November 2005, ordering that physicians swear an oath to him instead of the Hippocratic Oath.

6.The Tapei Times reports that the Turkmen leader changed the Turkmen word for bread, and name of the month of April, to that of his late mother.

Now, compare Niyazov’s reputation to that of Portland’s mayor, Tom Potter.Potter, according to his Wikipedia page, has never even tried to name a meteorite after himself. What a LOSER.